In this week of Roman candles, firecrackers, ash cans, bottle rockets and aerial repeaters come the main courses. For heat and show, here are three restaurants where you can be sure that what's on the plate may rival what's up in the air. Visit

, 1 Park Lane, in Massapequa, for "ghost wings," an incendiary appetizer that stars smoked chicken wings in a sauce fired up with the naga jolokia chile pepper, which is generally considered the third-hottest around.

For the record, numero uno is known as the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion. But after a visit from naga jolokia, the fiery Big Daddy's jambalaya with smoked meat, shrimp and crawfish almost seems a coolant.

At Mara's Homemade, 236 Jericho Tpke. in Syosset, the obligatory heat-seeker is the crawfish boil, complete with bucket for the shells. You can continue perspiring with jambalaya or black-peppered shrimp. The chocolate cream pie is your refreshing reward.